Verse (Click for Chapter) New Revised Standard Version Since they are made of wood and overlaid with gold and silver, it will afterward be known that they are false. New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For seeing they are but of wood, and laid over with gold, and with silver, it shall be known hereafter that they are false things, by all nations, and kings: and it shall be manifest that they are no gods, but the work of men's hands, and that there is no work of God in them. Baruch 6:48For when war cometh upon them , or evils: the priests consult with themselves, where they may hide themselves with them. Baruch 6:49 How then can they be thought to be gods, that can neither deliver themselves from war, nor save themselves from evils? Baruch 6:51 Whence, therefore, is it known that they are not gods, but the work of men's hands, and no work of God is in them? Baruch 6:52 They cannot set up a king over the land, nor give rain to men. Context Baruch 6…49How then can they be thought to be gods, that can neither deliver themselves from war, nor save themselves from evils? 50For seeing they are but of wood, and laid over with gold, and with silver, it shall be known hereafter that they are false things, by all nations, and kings: and it shall be manifest that they are no gods, but the work of men's hands, and that there is no work of God in them. 51Whence, therefore, is it known that they are not gods, but the work of men's hands, and no work of God is in them?… Cross References Baruch 6:48 For when war cometh upon them , or evils: the priests consult with themselves, where they may hide themselves with them. Baruch 6:49 How then can they be thought to be gods, that can neither deliver themselves from war, nor save themselves from evils? Baruch 6:51 Whence, therefore, is it known that they are not gods, but the work of men's hands, and no work of God is in them? Baruch 6:52 They cannot set up a king over the land, nor give rain to men. |